Etymograph

English

fiddlist

From fiddle + -ist.

Formed from fiddle + -ist

Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ

Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā

Old English *fiþele ‘fiddle or violin’

Middle English fithele ‘a string instrument played with a bow’

English fiddle

Today it means

noun A fiddler.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fiddlist